Not Your Ordinary Cafeteria

High Schools are known to have giant cafeterias that usually do not have enough seats and serve bad food. However, Cafeteria NYC is not your ordinary cafeteria. Cafeteria NYC  is a classy (can you tell I like classy restaurants) restaurant located in NYC. During the day it serves as an everyday lunch spot for tourists and office workers, but at night, it turns into a calm, beautiful setting.

The inside of the restaurant at night.

I have only been to this restaurant once, but I truly enjoyed my time spent here. The occasion at the time was my best friends birthday celebration (yes the same best friend from my last post). We struggled for weeks with finding a nice restaurant in the city until we stumbled upon Cafeteria. I have to say, this was one of the hardest to locate restaurants ever. (Fun fact: I left my phone in the cab and had to call the cab driver from my friends' phone so he could come back!) We arrived at the restaurant at 11:00 pm, to find a line out the door of people waiting for a table. The line indicated to us that this was going to be a good dinner. To my surprise, it wasn't long before we were seated. The tables were square and black with standard white chairs; cafeteria style with a little classy on the side. We were genuinely welcomed to the restaurant by our waiter and treated like adults. The waiter was not surprised to see such young girls in a restaurant like such at that time of night, which was relieving to see. They were very friendly and did not seem overwhelmed by the amount of people that   chose to have dinner there that night.

To my surprise, and maybe yours, I did not order what I usually order when eating out. The menu consisted of strictly American food; all of the classic American dishes one can expect to eat in New York with relatively fair prices. Cafeteria was known for their special mac and cheese; many people in the restaurant were eating it when I walked in. It came in a little white bowl that overflowed with cheese. That night, I ordered a sprite and garlic chicken with garlic whipped potatoes. That had to be the best roasted chicken I have ever had. It was tender and seasoned perfectly. The potatoes went well with the chicken also. My best friend ordered the famous chicken and waffles entree. As our food arrived, the couple next to us admired how good it looked. They thanked us for helping them choose what to order off the menu. It was about the 1am when we finished our meal and people were still coming in. It seemed to be a busy Saturday night.

The most important thing about a restaurant, at least to me and maybe other girls, is the bathroom. A nice bathroom makes a restaurant even better. It allows a person to say "the food wasn't that great but the bathroom was amazing". The bathroom in Cafeteria was absolutely amazing. You walked in and entered an enchanted world. The inside was so nice and fancy, all I wanted to do was take pictures. My need to use the bathroom was gone.

Although though this restaurant has such a great setting, I would suggest only going when you have the night all planned out. Also, there isn't much to do outside of the restaurant being that it is a bit of a distance from where all the action happens in the city. So if you do decide to visit Cafeteria NYC, make sure you have a ride to and from!